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30*** 30***
31*** The CMD640 is also used on some Vesa Local Bus (VLB) cards, and is *NOT* 31*** The CMD640 is also used on some Vesa Local Bus (VLB) cards, and is *NOT*
32*** automatically detected by Linux. For safe, reliable operation with such 32*** automatically detected by Linux. For safe, reliable operation with such
33*** interfaces, one *MUST* use the "ide0=cmd640_vlb" kernel option. 33*** interfaces, one *MUST* use the "cmd640.probe_vlb" kernel option.
34*** 34***
35*** Use of the "serialize" option is no longer necessary. 35*** Use of the "serialize" option is no longer necessary.
36 36
@@ -292,9 +292,6 @@ The following are valid ONLY on ide0, which usually corresponds
292to the first ATA interface found on the particular host, and the defaults for 292to the first ATA interface found on the particular host, and the defaults for
293the base,ctl ports must not be altered. 293the base,ctl ports must not be altered.
294 294
295 "ide0=cmd640_vlb" : *REQUIRED* for VLB cards with the CMD640 chip
296 (not for PCI -- automatically detected)
297
298 "ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga 295 "ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga
299 296
300There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke! 297There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke!
@@ -310,6 +307,10 @@ i.e. to enable probing for ALI M14xx chipsets (ali14xx host driver) use:
310* "probe" module parameter when ali14xx driver is compiled as module 307* "probe" module parameter when ali14xx driver is compiled as module
311 ("modprobe ali14xx probe") 308 ("modprobe ali14xx probe")
312 309
310Also for legacy CMD640 host driver (cmd640) you need to use "probe_vlb"
311kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones
312are detected automatically).
313
313================================================================================ 314================================================================================
314 315
315IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver 316IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver